With the severe droughts happening everywhere right now, sometimes I get really frustrated at the governments for not acting, and also hopeless, when I look at my garden and all the suffering plants. I grieve when imagining the effects of the drought on the human and nonhuman environment and species and sometimes it feels like every action I've taken to combat climate change has been futile.

However, thinking about this book - with its many chapters on coexistence, restoration and ways to act - often gives me hope. Today I thought about the chapter on the Onondaga Lake and how even the most polluted and lifeless areas can be restored if the will and planning and connection to nature is there. RWK also shows us how we can coexist with 'nature' or nonhuman beings, how mutual flourishing is possible. It gives me hope about changing the way modern societies interact with nature. It makes me wanna act, and gets me out of my frustrated ruminations.

In the end, this is a book about hope, and I'm deeply grateful to have read it and to have some tools and knowledge that helps me - and hopefully some of you too - to make a positive change and not despair.

I usually don't give into hype a lot of the time but I'm trying to read this book again because it's gotten such rave reviews that I got FOMO. I'm still not enjoying the beginning but it must be setting up for something good!

“This observation may go some way to explaining why a Finnish study found that single women recovered better from heart attacks than married women – particularly when put alongside a University of Michigan study which found that husbands create an extra seven hours of housework a week for women. An Australian study similarly found that housework time is most equal by gender for single men and women; when women start to cohabit, ‘their housework time goes up while men’s goes down, regardless of their employment status’.”

Excuse me, single women recover better from heart attacks than married women?! 🤯

This feels like an M. Night Shyamalan movie.